Message holder



May 31, 1938.

C. J. KORNDORFER ETAL MESSAGE HOLDER Filed May 9, 1936 Patented May 31, 1938 Y 1.5: .I l. n

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MESSAGE HOLDER Caspar J. Korndorfer, Allendale, N. J., and Leslie T. Hand, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignors to Morsegraph, Inc., New York, N. Y., a oorporation of New York Application May 9, 1936, Serial No. 78,930

1 Claim. (Cl. 2li-252) This invention relates to standing holders for 'l to frictionally sustain one or more paper sheets sheets of paper in the form of telegrams and other that are slipped between said bend and pole, and notices placed there by the operators of typewritso that the sheets may be withdrawn with as ing and recording instruments, or by messengers, much ease as they have been slipped into the fricand intended for quick placement and removal. tional engagement referred to. 5

In places of business having numbers of record- It is to be understood that the operator, having ing instruments and operators therefor it is desirtyped a message on a sheet of paper, will at once able that each operator have beside him one or place it in the holder where it will be handily dismore of these standing holders, and also it is posed for quick removal by a passing messenger.

i() desirable that each receiving holder shall be pro- The indicating means for the holder to apprise vided with visible indicating means as a guide the messenger as to which operator is to receive to messengers carrying sheets with written coma message he is conveying comprises a plate or munications to be transmitted to other cities, so board in the form of a panel I2 having spaced that a messenger may known at a glance which channels I3 on its face adapted for the reception l5 holder is to receive the message. of cards I4 which may each bear an indication l5 Other features and advantages of our invention symbolizing the name of a city, denoting to the will hereinafter appear. messenger that messages to a city represented by In the drawing: the displayed symbol are to be placed in the Figure 1 is a iront elevation of a standing holder carrying that symbol. In Fig. 1 We have holder provided with tensional gripping means, placed the symbol SY on one of these cards as 20 support engaging means, and with indicating illustrating the purpose referred to, this symbol means. representing, for example, the name of the city Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Syracuse. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a duplex holder In Fig. 3 we have shown the U-shaped, double Y having modified support engaging means. message holder, it having the poles I5, I6 with 25 Fig. 4 is a detail view showing still another form tensional message holding arms 6, and with conof support engaging means, and necting bail I'I to which a boss I8 is attached. A Fig. 5 is a detail view of a foot stand for a screw I9 is extended from boss I8 and may be holder, passed through a table 20 and secured thereto In Figures 1 and 2 we have shown the holder by a wing nut 2l. 30 as comprising a pole or shaft I which is extended Other forms of base support for the -holder are vertically from abase element 2 which with the shown in Figs. 4 and 5. 'Ihus in Fig. 4 clamping removable keeper `3 is rectangular in form and jaws 22, 23 are mounted on pole I, the jaw 22 beadapted to lt upon a rail (not shown), to thus ing fixed and the jaw 23 operable by a wing nut constitute pole supporting means. 24 for the purpose of clamping a table 25 be- 35 Secured to the pole I is a U-shaped bracket 4 tween said jaws. in which is pivoted, at 5, a lever arm 6, whose In Fig. 5 the pole I is shown as supported by a longer portion from the pivot extends downwardly pedestal 26. along the pole and has an inward bend, at "l, that Variations within the spirit and scope of our inlies against said pole, and an outturned terminal vention are equally comprehended by the forego- 40 portion 8. ing disclosure.

The shorter portion of arm 6 from the pivot 5 We claimtextends upwardly within the bracket 4, and a In a device of the character described, a supthumb-screw 9, threaded through the upper end port, a U-shaped bracket attached to said supof arm 6, contacts one end of a helical spring I0 port, the top rear portion thereof being cutaway 45 that lies between said screw and the pole. The to partially embrace said support, a non-iiexible spring IB applies tension to arm above pivot arm extended along said support, said armhaving 5, to thus press the bend I of said arm against an inturned bend for contact with said support the pole, the thumb-screw serving to regulate the and an outturned terminal portion continued degree of tension employed, and a lock nut II is from said bend, pivotal means connecting said 50 provided to retain the thumb-screw in its adarm and bracket, said means being disposed at justed position. the lower front portion of the legs of said U- It will be appreciated that the degree of tension shaped bracket, whereby that portion of said arm With which alm 6 bears against the D01@ iS Slight above said pivotal means has its front section arand not more than sulcient to enable the bend ranged substantially in the same plane with the 55 front face Vof each of the legs of said bracket, aV thumbsciw tov tension the contact of said in` thumbscrew threadedly engaging the upper end turned bend of said arm with said support and of said arm, a spring inclosed Within the confines means borne by said thumbscrew to hold said of said U-shaped bracket and positioned adjacent spring in an adjusted tensioned position.

5 the bight portion thereof, said spring extending v GASPAR J. KORNDORFER. 5

between said support and the inner end of said Y LESLIE T. HAND. 

